January 2012
11 posts
David Ogilvy: I am a lousy copywriter →
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“In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original...”
– David Ogilvy
Slowly…
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On greatness and killing your ego.
Always golden.
dearcoketalk:
Dear Coquette,
How do I accept that I won’t ever be great or outstanding? I always thought I had talent, and maybe I’m not bad, but a great many people are far better. I can’t stop thinking this and it’s causing me great anxiety.
Kill your ego, because nothing you do will ever matter. That’s okay, though. It’s not just you. It’s all of us. It’s taken 100,000 years...
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“Try everything once except folk dancing and incest.”
–
Sir Thomas Beecham
December 2011
38 posts
NYT: Men Shop in Bulk →
I need to start doing this with my dresses, sweaters, pants, skirts, tees, tights, and sneakers.
AND THEN JUST SPLURGE ON HEELS, ACCESSORIES, AND UNDERTHINGS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!
New Year’s Life Resolution #1?
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“If the mighty autocrat of the North knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him...”
– Robert Schumann
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Walking in Holden's Footsteps →
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman (Dream dangerously, everyone.)
Living in SF Means...Best of 2011 →
“If you can’t love other people, try cats first. Cats are great because they’re...”
– Almie Rose
Dear Millionaires, if you don’t have a bookshelf...
“One day I will grab a partner and we will kiss and be with each other SO VERY...”
– Dianna Agron on The Beatles’ “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”
Goddamn, Dianna, why are you so perfect.
“What is my definition of jazz? ‘Safe sex of the highest order.’”
– Kurt Vonnegut, at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, April 27, 2007
Arcade Fire Presents "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond... →
Holy. Shit.
I can't wait to bring my future kids to Disneyland...
fuckyescalifornia:
and seeing their reactions at everything like:
And they’ll be like: Mommy we have to go like every week and I’ll be all like: You betcha, pal. Then I’d ruffle the kid’s hair and we’d skip off to have a fantastic, ass-kicking day at the Happiest Place on Earth.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH CALIFORNIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
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“Dean’s California—wild, sweaty, important, the land of lonely and exiled...”
– Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Reading this after coming back to California and before I head off to San Francisco for another Christmas. Transcendent.
Nerd Girlfriend →
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November 2011
11 posts
